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This week, I talk with another new friend that I met on TikTok, Sarah J. Ruthless. Sarah Ruthless is a Chicago-based writer, performer and artist. They use their background as both an ex-church and ex-YWAM kid to help process their own religious trauma, and hopefully provide some comic relief to the many others working through it too.

You can check out some of Sarah's work below:

http://www.sarahjruthless.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwH_G04n12K81dHNdlysgnQ

https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahjruthless?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

This week, Ang and Jon Austin join me for a conversation about choice, revivals and life after religious and emotional manipulation.

This week Dave welcomes the Exvangelical Xennial back to the podcast to talk about life after evangelicalism. 

To check out her content, follow her at https://www.tiktok.com/@the_exvangelical_xennial

Stephanie, The Exvangelical Xennial, is yet another amazing human being I've met in my TikTok travels. She is a former mega church music leader and someone who took their faith as seriously as they possibly could before it became clear that it wasn't actually doing real harm to her and her family. 

To check out her content, follow her at https://www.tiktok.com/@the_exvangelical_xennial

Rose J. Percy, M.Div is a contemplative theopoet with a background in  justice-oriented education and ministry. Rose writes affirmational  prayers and poems for weary dreamers. Her work engages theopoetics,  mysticism, identity, vocational discernment, trauma, and theology. Rose started “Dear Soft Black Woman,” a podcast and community space for  Black women+ to inspire and celebrate flourishing beyond the “Strong  Black Woman” myth. She also writes affirmational prayers, poems, and  grounding reflections through a newsletter called “A Gentle Landing.”  To find out more about Rose, visit https://www.rosejpercy.com/

This  week on the podcast, Dave welcomes Joshua and Prezleigh Colburn for part 2! This time, Dave gets serenaded by their alter ego, the amazing worship leading duo Trystan and Sayge, and they also talk about being misunderstood and how they deal with the bible now, after leaving evangelicalism.

You can support them by checking out the links on their linktree at  https://linktr.ee/Howthesausageismade or follow them on tiktok at  https://www.tiktok.com/@originalsinfluencer

This week on the podcast, Dave welcomes Joshua and Prezleigh Colburn. The may be known better by their tiktok fans as the satirical worship duo of Trystan and Sayge, but they joined Dave for a conversation about the impact that both being in and leaving evangelicalism has had on their lives.

You can support them by checking out the links on their linktree at https://linktr.ee/Howthesausageismade or follow them on tiktok at https://www.tiktok.com/@originalsinfluencer

This week, Dave invites Tana Schiewer onto the podcast to talk about toxic masculinity. Tana Schiewer is a rhetoric scholar, former nonprofit leader, and co-host of the Ancient Jesus/Future Faith Podcast. She holds a PhD in rhetoric and writing from Virginia Tech and is continually exploring Abraham Joshua Heschel’s declaration that “words create worlds".

To find out more about Tana and Ancient Jesus/Future Faith, visit https://www.ancientjesusfuturefaith.com/

In the first episode of 2023, Dave talks about what it's been like realizing that he never really knew himself when he was an evangelical. 

This week, Dave is joined by Drew Jackson and José Humphreys.

Drew E.Jackson is a poet and pastor. He is author of God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God’s Unexpected Comingand Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the Univ. of Chicago and his M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughters.

José Humphreys is a native New Yorker, social worker, consultant and Lead Collaborator at Mosaic Collaborative, LLC. He has worked in this capacity with nonprofits and churches for over 18 years, organizing neighborhood groups and faith leaders around justice issues.

Together with his wife, Mayra, and others, José began Metro Hope Covenant Church, a multi-ethnic church In Harlem, and he is the author of Seeing Jesus in East Harlem: What Happens when the church shows up and stays put.

You can find out more about Drew at his website: https://drewejackson.com and you can pick up his books anywhere! DO IT!